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G. A.-QLOSE. DRESS SHIELD AND METHQD OF MAKING THE SAME. No. 373,273 Y Patented Nov. 15, 1887.

UNITED TATES PATENT Orrrcn- G. ALBERTUS CLOSE, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS P. TAYLOR, OF SAME PLACE.

DRESS-SHIELD AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,273, dated November 15, 1887.

Application filed S=ptcrnlor 7, 1887. Serial No. 249,026. No model.)

To all whom, it may concern: 7 ing; Any well-known means of joining the Be it known that l, Qn-ALBERTUS CLOSE, a parts may be adopted. In securing the cencitizen of the United States, residing atBridge tral portion to the skirt the seam is divided port, in the county of Fairfield and State of into quarters. For convenience in descrip- Connecticut, have invented certain new and tion I have designated four points in the edge useful Improvements in Dress-Shields; andI of the central portion as a, b, c, and (I. As do hereby declare the following to be a full, the skirt does not extend entirely around the clear, and exact description of' the invention, water-proof portion in the form shown in such as will enable others skilled in the art to Figs. 3 and 4, there are necessarily two points 10 which itappertains to make and use the same. designated as a and two points designated My invention relates to the manufacture of as c. The corresponding points at the quardressshields, and has for its objectto produce ters of the skirt I have designated as e, j, an article of this class in which the edges or g, and h. It will be noticed that the distance skirts shall be wholly or partially formed between the points in the skirt is perceptibly 15 from independent pieces of material, and the greater than the distance between the points inner portion thereof of suitable elastic waterin the central portion; 'The operator places proof material, the essential feature of my inthe edge of the central portion over the edge vention being that a perfect shield is formed of the skirt-point a of the central portion corwithout molding or vulcanizing, both the cenresponding with point e of the skirt. Starting 2o tral portions being cut out by dies from large at this point, or any other, if preferred, the pieces of material, a number of thicknesses operator joins the central portion to the skirt being out at atime. by seam 3, at the same time stretching the cen- Figures 1 and 3 are elevations illustrating tral portion sufficiently so that when pointf the three pieces from which a shield is formed, in the skirt is reached point b will correspond 25 detached; and Figs. 2 and 4 are elevations therewith. The operatorthen makes the turn illustrating completed shields. and continues the seam to point 9 in the skirt,

A denotes the central portion of the shield, taking care at the same time to stretch the which is formed from elastic water-proof macentral portion sufficiently so that point 0 in 1 terial, preferably sheet-gum covered on both said portion will correspond with point 9 in 0 sides with stockinet, and may be of anysuitahle the skirt. If the shield is made in the style size and of suitable shape within reasonable illustrated in Figs. 3and 4, the seam of course 1imits-as, for example, as shown in Figs. 1 ends at point 9 and anew seam is commenced, and 3. the opposite point e of the central portion The outer portion or skirt of the shield, being placed over the opposite point g of the 35 which is made from any suitable material, skirt, and the seam continued until point (I of either water-proof or not, as may be preferred, the central portion corresponds with point it is cut out in two parts, which are designated of the skirt. If the shield is made in the style by B. illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, a turn merely has The method of making the shield consists in to be made when the second point is reached,

40 stitching the central or water-proof portion to the seam being continued instead of a new one 0 the outer port-ion or skirt, stretching the forcommenced, as in the other form. When three mer portion as it is stitched in place. WVhere quarters of the central portion have been the skirt extends entirely around the shield, joined to the three corresponding quarters of 'as in Fig. 2, the operation is as follows: The the skirt, the seam will have been finished to 5 edges of the parts of the skirt designated as the point at in the central portion, which will 5 l 1 are joined together by a seam designated just correspond with point hin the skirt. The 2 in Fig.2. The elastic water-proof or censeam is then continued to point e in the skirt, tral portion is then attached to the skirt by the central portion being stretched so that a seam or seams designated as 3. This seam point a corresponds with point e of the skirt. 7

50 is, of course, not necessarilyformed by stitch If the shield is the style illustrated in Figs. 1

and 2, a complete circuit of the shield will have been made. If the shield is the style illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, independent seams will have been made on opposite sides of the shield. This stretching of the central portion in attaching it to the skirt'aets to draw the completed article to the desired form, entirely dispensing with the usual operation of molding or forming. stood that the necessary form for armpitshields is a double crescent-that is, two crescent-shaped sheets or plies of water-proof material, one of which serves as a protection for the under side of the sleeve of an outer garment, the other portion serving as a protection for the garment under the arm. It is furthermore necessary that the upper portion of the shield-*that is, the portion where the two sheets or plies join-should be curved inward, so as to conform to the curvature ofthe armhole of any garment. This shaping or forming of the shield I accomplish in the manner already described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. As a new manufacture, a dress-shield consisting of a central portion of elastic water- It is of course well under-.

proof material secured to a skirt of any suitable material, the quarters of the skirt being longer than the quarters of the central portion, and the latter being stretched so that the ends of the respective quarters correspond, substantially as shown.-

2. The improvement in the art of making dress-shields which consistsin blanking out a central portion from elastic water-proof Inateri'al, blanking out a skirt of any suitable material in two pieces independently thereof, the length of the edges of the quarters of the skirt being longer than the corresponding edges of the central portion, and then securing the outer edge of the central portion to the inner edge of the skirt, at the same time stretching the edge of the central portion so that at the ends of the respective quarters the edges will correspond, whereby aperfect shield is formed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

G. ALBERTUS CLOSE.

Witnesses:

A. M. Woosrnn, B. E. LEE. 

